I have a bit of hearing loss myself in the right ear, some overall loss due to aging (the higher frequencies begin to dull as you age). But the non-age-related loss began before I ever had a stereo to turn up loud. That didn't happen until college (headphones were bliss, then). I first noticed it in High School when I was a trumpet player in the marching band, my parents asked me why I was tilting my head to the side when playing. Turned out that I could hear better from one ear and was trying to "Balance" the sound. I still listen to music loud (is there any other way to listen to Metal and Hard Rock?), just not "teenaged loud" if you know what I mean.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy